![]() ![]() We have to walk on pins and needles even in New York.” “I don’t want Jamaica to be put in a box,” Murray said. “He loves Jamaica,” she said, noting that she will not dissuade him from visiting again, but will continue to emphasise the importance of being vigilant of his surroundings and those he interacts with while here. Murray explained that her son visits the island often, and has always planned to return permanently. “Because of God's saving Grace I was able to escape and I made it out alive,” the 18-year-old said. He eventually fell down the hillside and into the sea, where he was discovered by the JDF. According to her son, as the men opened the trunk of the car to put him in it, he seized the opportunity to run. She added that her son was then told, in no uncertain words, that he was going to be killed and his body dumped. The young man was stripped of his clothes, and the assailants took his phone, unlocked it with his face ID, and transferred all his money from his US bank account to another US account, Murray said. The “uncle” then jumped into the back seat, and proceeded to physically assault Murray’s son. Soon after, the “uncle” reportedly pulled over on the side of the road and another vehicle pulled up alongside them. Murray’s son noticed they were traveling past the restaurant, but was assured by the “uncle'' that they would be turning around. Initially, she said, they were to travel to Hellshire Beach, but unbeknownst to her son, the plans were changed and the three made their way to a nearby popular restaurant instead. Murray explained to OBSERVER ONLINE that her son had met a young woman on Sunday, May 7, and the two made plans to meet the following Tuesday, with the agreement that her “uncle” would chaperone them, as neither drove. Murray has since traveled to Jamaica to pick up her son, and is working with local authorities in an ongoing investigation of the incident. The St Catherine South police confirmed the incident with OBSERVER ONLINE. The young man was covered in bruises, and was escorted by the soldiers to the Greater Portmore (100 Man) Police Station. Murray’s 18-year-old son, who was born in Jamaica and currently lives in New York with his family, managed to escape his captors, and was found treading in the sea by members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). Ingrid Murray, the principal of a multimillion-dollar building and maintenance services company, is speaking out about her son’s experience in the hope that it will be another reminder for foreigners and locals alike to be aware of their environment and cautious of strangers. The son of a New York-based Jamaican businesswoman and prominent figure in the Jamaican diaspora narrowly escaped with his life after being kidnapped and robbed in Portmore, St Catherine last month. Diaz Lopez says the man didn’t say a word to her or her kids: He simply took the child and put him in the car.Jamaican-American businesswoman, Ingrid Murray A spokesperson for the NYPD said Friday the incident is not being investigated as an act of domestic violence. The mother told WABC she had never seen the men before. One man smacks the hood of the car with his hand as it drives off. ![]() The car drives off as bystanders start to gather. “I said, ‘Oh my God! My kids! Oh my God, my boy’ I screaming, I screaming. “Oh, I’m scared,” Diaz Lopez told CNN affiliate WABC about the attempted kidnapping. The attempted kidnapping happened quickly, according to the video, lasting approximately 15 seconds. She eventually gets hold of her son and pulls him out the front-passenger window. Meanwhile, the child’s mother, identified by police as Dolores Diaz Lopez, runs to the passenger side of the car and appears to struggle with someone in the front seat. The man carries the boy to the far side of the sedan, puts him in the rear seat and gets into the driver’s seat of the car. The man grabs the smallest child as he walked several paces ahead of the others. Surveillance footage released by police shows a man getting out of a maroon-colored sedan and moving quickly toward a group of children and one adult walking down the street. The NYPD earlier said it was looking for two men in connection with the brazen attempted kidnapping Thursday night. ![]() ![]() The man, who has not been named publicly, faces charges of attempted kidnapping, reckless endangerment and acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17 years old, according to police. A 24-year-old man has been arrested and charged after the attempted kidnapping of a 5-year-old boy in Queens caught on video, the New York City Police Department tweeted. ![]()
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